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Secure fishermen`s release for talks with Sri Lanka: Jayalalithaa

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:55

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure release of 25 Indian fishermen taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy Tuesday to facilitate fishermen-level talks between the two countries.

Little progress on rights in Sri Lanka: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 16:28

Sri Lanka made little progress in 2013 in accountability for serious human rights abuses committed during the civil war that ended in 2009, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.